Improvement in transportation packages



N. HALSTED.

TRANSPORTATION PACKAGES. No.185,525 Patented Dec. 19, 1876.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NATHANIEL HALSTED, OF SORANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN TRANSPORTATION PACKAGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent NO. I 85,525, datedDecember 19, 1876; application filed May 22, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, NATHANIEL HALSTED, of Scranton, in the county ofLuzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and ImprovedTransportation Package, of which the following is a specification Theobject of my invention is to provide a package in which butter, lard,and other substances may be transported safely in glass, earthenware,and other jars subject to breakage, and at the same time may be kept onice in warm weather.

The invention consists of a case having by preference compartments for anumber of jars, but may consist of one only, in which springs arecontrived to support the bottom and sides of the jars, so as to relievethem of the shocks to which the case is subject in transportation, andwhen more than one compartment is employed the partitions between themare constructed with openings through the bottom for the circulation ofcold air from ice to be carried in one of the compartments for keepingthe butter cool. The springs may be of any approved kind andarrangement, but probably rubber will be best for the bottom and elasticWood bars for the sides.

Figure l is a sectional elevation of my improved transportation package,taken on the line 00 w of Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is a section on the line y y.Fig. 3 is a plan view, and Fig. 4 is a section of a glass or earthenwarepackage, such as I propose to use.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents a strong box of wood, separated into compartments suitablefor holding one jar each by partitions B, and having rubber or othersprings D on the bottoms, also similar springs E on the sides, or coiledsprings G, flat ones H, or elastic bars of wood I, or other springs, tohold the jars J so as to cushion the shocks and protect the jars frombreaking. K represents an opening through the partitions at the bottomto allow cold air to circulate from one of the compartments to theothers, for keeping the jars cool in warm weather by ice carried in one,in which a jar may be carried or not, as preferred.

The wood packages in which butter is carried impart the taste of wood tothe butter, however clean and sweet they may be, but after use one ormore times they get foul and are entirely unfit for further use, whereasglass and other like substances remain in good condition indefinitely,and are, therefore, much more desirable for use. The partitions may bemade of slats, or bars if preferred.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent- A transportation package for butter and other likesubstances, consisting of a case, A, containing one or morecompartments, having springs on the bottom and sides, and ajar, J, ofglass, porcelain, or other mineral ware, substantially as specified.

NATHANIEL HALSTED.

Witnesses:

JAMES '1. GRAHAM, T. B. MOSHER.

